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Head of a man, most likely of non-Han Chinese ethnicity. China, Tang dynasty . Earthenware . Excavated at Chaoyang, Liaoning province, in 2003. Loaned to the China Institute from Liaoning Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology
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Head of a man, most likely of non-Han Chinese ethnicity. China, Tang dynasty . Earthenware . Excavated at Chaoyang, Liaoning province, in 2003. Loaned to the China Institute from Liaoning Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology
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Bronze deer ornament. Former Yan, Sixteen Kingdoms period, China, ca. 337-70 AD. Excavated in 1998 from a tomb in Liaoning province, where it was worn at the waist. Loaned to the China Institute from Liaoning Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology
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Bronze deer ornament. Former Yan, Sixteen Kingdoms period, China, ca. 337-70 AD. Excavated in 1998 from a tomb in Liaoning province, where it was worn at the waist. Loaned to the China Institute from Liaoning Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology
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Iron helmet. Xianbei people, Former Yan state, Sixteen Kingdoms period . Excavated 1998 at Lamadong near Beipiao, Liaoning Province, China. Loaned to the China Institute from Liaoning Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology
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Iron helmet. Xianbei people, Former Yan state, Sixteen Kingdoms period . Excavated 1998 at Lamadong near Beipiao, Liaoning Province, China. Loaned to the China Institute from Liaoning Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology
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A pagoda-shaped blue and white stoneware jar from a tomb in Zhengzhou, China. Tang dynasty , Zhengzhou Municipal Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology
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A pagoda-shaped blue and white stoneware jar from a tomb in Zhengzhou, China. Tang dynasty , Zhengzhou Municipal Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology
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An openwork phoenix-shaped jade pendant, found in Tomb No. 14 in Sunjiagang, China. Longshan Culture , now housed at the Hunan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology
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An openwork phoenix-shaped jade pendant, found in Tomb No. 14 in Sunjiagang, China. Longshan Culture , now housed at the Hunan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology
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A one-foot-wide bronze mask and bronze vessel containing cowrie shells dating to about 1100 B.C.E from excavations at Sanxingdui in China's Sichuan Province. Courtesy Sichuan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology
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A one-foot-wide bronze mask and bronze vessel containing cowrie shells dating to about 1100 B.C.E from excavations at Sanxingdui in China's Sichuan Province. Courtesy Sichuan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology
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A 2nd century BCE bamboo chest from the Western Han Dynasty, unearthed from one of the Mawangdui Tombs. Now housed at the Hunan Provincial Museum in China
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A 2nd century BCE bamboo chest from the Western Han Dynasty, unearthed from one of the Mawangdui Tombs. Now housed at the Hunan Provincial Museum in China
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A kiln-changed red glaze pomegranate vase, made during the reign of the emperor Yongzheng . Qing Dynasty, now housed at the Liaoning Provincial Museum in China
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A kiln-changed red glaze pomegranate vase, made during the reign of the emperor Yongzheng . Qing Dynasty, now housed at the Liaoning Provincial Museum in China
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Unique animal shaped stand. 771-221 B.C. Excavated at Li-chia-lou Tomb in Hsincheng of Honan Province. Museum of the Institute of History and Philology Taiwan
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Unique animal shaped stand. 771-221 B.C. Excavated at Li-chia-lou Tomb in Hsincheng of Honan Province. Museum of the Institute of History and Philology Taiwan
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Celestial horse. China, Han dynasty, ca. 25-220 AD. Bronze with traces of polychrome. Loaned to the China Institute from the Minneapolis Institute of Art
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Celestial horse. China, Han dynasty, ca. 25-220 AD. Bronze with traces of polychrome. Loaned to the China Institute from the Minneapolis Institute of Art
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Furniture made during the Liao Dynasty, around 907-1125 CE, excavated from the underground palace in Tian Kai Ta, in Fangshan District of Beijing. Now housed at the Capital Museum in China
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Furniture made during the Liao Dynasty, around 907-1125 CE, excavated from the underground palace in Tian Kai Ta, in Fangshan District of Beijing. Now housed at the Capital Museum in China
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An ancient Chinese incense burner. Stoneware, with clear glaze and modeled dragons and lotus petals. Sui to early Tang dynasty, late 6th–7th century CE. Now housed at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston
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An ancient Chinese incense burner. Stoneware, with clear glaze and modeled dragons and lotus petals. Sui to early Tang dynasty, late 6th–7th century CE. Now housed at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston
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A Persian glass ewer with a gold lid, imported to China during the Liao dynasty , and found in the underground palace of the Chaoyang North Tower in Liaoning Province. Inside the ewer is a small, long-necked, arched-bellied bottle. Now housed at the Chaoyang Beita Museum
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A Persian glass ewer with a gold lid, imported to China during the Liao dynasty , and found in the underground palace of the Chaoyang North Tower in Liaoning Province. Inside the ewer is a small, long-necked, arched-bellied bottle. Now housed at the Chaoyang Beita Museum
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The cliff tombs of the Lu Kings from the Western Han Dynasty , located in Shandong Province, China
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The cliff tombs of the Lu Kings from the Western Han Dynasty , located in Shandong Province, China
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A large bronze drum from Guangxi province in China, now housed at the Freer Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. Tang dynasty or earlier
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A large bronze drum from Guangxi province in China, now housed at the Freer Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. Tang dynasty or earlier
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The Tao Te Ching or Laozi is a Chinese classic text and foundational work of Taoism. 2nd century BCE, Han Dynasty, unearthed from Mawangdui tomb, Chansha, Hunan Province, China.
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The Tao Te Ching or Laozi is a Chinese classic text and foundational work of Taoism. 2nd century BCE, Han Dynasty, unearthed from Mawangdui tomb, Chansha, Hunan Province, China.
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The Iron Lion of Cangzhou is a cast iron sculpture located in Cangzhou City, in Hebei Province, China. Cast in the Later Zhou dynasty in 953 CE, the iron lion is the largest known and oldest surviving iron-cast artwork in China
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The Iron Lion of Cangzhou is a cast iron sculpture located in Cangzhou City, in Hebei Province, China. Cast in the Later Zhou dynasty in 953 CE, the iron lion is the largest known and oldest surviving iron-cast artwork in China
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A painted pottery jar from the Banshan period of the Chinese Neolithic Majiayao culture. Now housed at the Gansu Provincial Museum in China
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A painted pottery jar from the Banshan period of the Chinese Neolithic Majiayao culture. Now housed at the Gansu Provincial Museum in China
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Nephrite jade ceremonial axe with bronze handle decorated with turquoise inlay and mask and cicada motifs. China, Shang dynasty, ca. 1200 BC; reportedly excavated in Anyang, Henan province. National Museum of Asian Art collection
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Nephrite jade ceremonial axe with bronze handle decorated with turquoise inlay and mask and cicada motifs. China, Shang dynasty, ca. 1200 BC; reportedly excavated in Anyang, Henan province. National Museum of Asian Art collection
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A rabbit sculpture made of talc, unearthed in 1956 from the tomb M45 in Hansenzhai, east of Xi'an, China. Tang Dynasty , now housed at the Shaanxi History Museum
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A rabbit sculpture made of talc, unearthed in 1956 from the tomb M45 in Hansenzhai, east of Xi'an, China. Tang Dynasty , now housed at the Shaanxi History Museum
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